Writing revolution in Latin America : from Martí to García Márquez to Bolaño / Juan E. De Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Castro, Juan E., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Latin American fiction.

Revolutionary literature, Latin American--History and criticism.

Revolutionary literature, Latin American.

Revolutions in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 262 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"A chronological study of the way revolution and revolutionary thinking is depicted in Latin American fiction composed from the 1960s through the end of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Revolution before revolution : José Martí and José Carlos Mariátegui

Boom in the revolution, revolution in the boom : what is revolutionary about the Latin American novel of the 1960s?

The fall of the revolutionary and the return of liberal democracy : Vargas Llosa's The real life of Alejandro Mayta (1986) and Manuel Puig's Kiss of the spider woman

Revolution after the demise of revolution : Roberto Bolaño and Carla Guelfenbein on social change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: De Castro, Juan E., 1959- author. Writing revolution in Latin America

ISBN:

9780826522580

0826522580

9780826522597

0826522599

OCLC:

1099543919